Holmes online educa assessment workshop 2010

New ways of learning need
new ways of assessing
Brian Holmes
Head of Department
Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture
Online Educa, Berlin,
2 December 2010

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EACEA - Lifelong Learning Programme
http://www.slideshare.net/holmebn/holmes-online-educa-assessment-workshop-2010
The Red Flag Act
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• British 1865 Locomotive
Act (the 'red flag act')
• Required three men to
operate a motorised
vehicle
• A man with a red flag or
lantern had to walk
ahead to warn people
 Existing approaches
to safety applied to
new ways of travelling

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Existing assessment approaches
• In 2010, Janette is studying an
MBA with a leading university
• Lectures complemented by
online tutorials
• Books, films and other
resources available online
• A lively social network
supports students’ learning
• Students work collaboratively
on projects
• Janette studies where she
wants, when she wants and
with whom she wants
 To obtain her diploma,
Janette must attend fixed
exams, in a closed room
with no internet access

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Innovation in learning
• Technology has changed
– Mobile
– Personal
– Connected
• Internet has changed
– Social networks
– Peer to peer
– User produced content
• Pedagogy has changed
– Collaborative
– Project based
– Learning by doing
An examination room for statistics
•Assessment and certification has
hardly changed

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Key competences
The key competences are They consist of and are underpinned by
Mother Tongue
Knowledge
Skills
Attitudes
critical thinking
creativity
problem solving
initiative & risk
assessment,
decision-taking
management of
one’s own feelings
Foreign Languages
Mathematical competence and basic
competences in science and
technology
Digital Competence
Learning to Learn
Social and Civic Competence
Sense of initiative and
entrepreneurship
Cultural awareness and expression
The key competences are They consist of and are underpinned by
Mother Tongue
Knowledge
Skills
Attitudes
critical thinking
creativity
problem solving
initiative & risk
assessment,
decision-taking
management of
one’s own feelings
Foreign Languages
Mathematical competence and basic
competences in science and
technology
Digital Competence
Learning to Learn
Social and Civic Competence
Sense of initiative and
entrepreneurship
Cultural awareness and expression
EU (2004)
Summary courtesy of Tapio Säävälä, European Commission
Transversal
competences

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New skills for new jobs (1/2)
Redecker et al (p.135, 2010)
• Study by JRC of competences needed for 2020-30
• Linked to EU’s Europe 2020 strategy
• Consulted a variety of stakeholders
• Asked their opinion on a number of scenarios

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New skills for new jobs (2/2)
88% of respondents agreed that:
“Education and training institutions
have to implement better monitoring
and assessment mechanisms which
detect individual learning needs”
Redecker et al (2010)

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Impact of web 2.0 on learning
“The present forms of assessment,
certification and accreditation do
not adequately capture the learning
processes and outcomes that
arise in social computing
environments”
Redecker et al (2009)

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Online learning communities
• Online communities support
learning with experts and workers
with relevant knowledge, skills
and competences
• They have major potential for
the Education and Training
policy objectives
• “However, this requires the
revision of strategies for curricula
development, learning methods
and objectives and assessment
approaches in institutions”
Ala-Mutka (p.63, 2008)
Ala-Mutka (2008)

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ICT in primary schools
• ICT supported assessment can
give more sophisticated
feedback to teachers, pupils
and parents
• Virtual Learning Environments
allow individual tracking of
progress (e.g. in ePortfolios)
• ICT can support pupils to
assess their own progress
• Further investigation is needed
into all aspects of assessment
EUN (2009)

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What do teachers think?
“Education policy cannot promote
education based upon collaborative
learning, with an emphasis on 'know
how' rather than 'know why',
focusing on the development of
transversal skills, networked learning,
etc., whilst maintaining assessment
approaches that are based upon
summative exams in physical
locations that mainly test factual
memory.”
Ala-Mutka et al (p.38, 2010)
Ala-Mutka et al (2010)

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What do policymakers think (1/2)?
“Using ICT throughout the
academic year and then
providing end-of-year pen and
paper tests are not a
compatible exercise and will
affect adversely the pupil
performance. Hence assessment
should also mirror how ICT has
been utilised in the classroom and
in education in general.”
EU (p.20, 2010)
EU (2010)
ICT cluster

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What do policymakers think (2/2)?
• Demonstrating progress in developing
key competences is motivating for
learners
• Crucial to the innovative use of
assessment are the competences of
teachers
• Assessment is a multi-faceted
process including culture, values and
ethics
• Who has the right to assess, interpret
results and communicate them?
• What is the impact on an individual’s
self-esteem and motivation?
• New assessment approaches needed to
assess transversal competences
EU (2009)

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Moving beyond the red flag
Important issues to be considered when carrying out assessment and
certification of networked learning, employing constructivist pedagogy
such as peer-learning, project-based learning, collaboration and
learning communities
Workshops:
Assessing learning in a Digital World

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References (1/2)
Ala-Mutka, K. (2010) Learning in informal online networks and communities, Institute for
Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), JRC, European Commission
(http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/pub.cfm?id=3059)
Ala-Mutka, K., Redecker, C., Punie, Y., Ferrari, A., Cachia, R. & Centeno, C. (2010) The
Future of Learning: New Ways to Learn New Skills for Future Jobs, Institute for
EU (2010) LEARNING, INNOVATION and ICT - Lessons learned by the ICT cluster,
Education & Training 2010 programme, Brussels, European Commission.
(http://www.kslll.net/PeerLearningClusters/clusterDetails.cfm?id)
EU (2004) Key Competences for Lifelong Learning, a European Reference Framework,
European Commission.
(http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/2010/doc/basicframe.pdf)
EU (2009) Education and Training 2010, Assessment of key competences - Joint
seminar of the Peer Learning Clusters ‘Key Competences’, ‘Teachers and Trainers’,
‘Maths, Science and Technology’, and ‘Learning Outcomes’, 15 October 2009,
European Commission.
(http://www.kslll.net/Documents/Assessment%20of%20Key%20competences_joint%
20seminar%20Oct.%202009.pdf)

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References (2/2)
EUN (2009) Study of the impact of technology in primary schools – Synthesis Report,
European Schoolnet (EUN), European Commission study
(http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/studies/study_impact_technology_primary_school_en.p
hp)
Redecker, C., Ala-Mutka, K., Bacigalupo, M., Ferrari, A. & Punie, Y. (2009) Learning 2.0:
the impact of Web 2.0 innovations on education and training in Europe, Institute for
Redecker, C., Leis, M., Leendertse, M., Punie, Y., Gijsbers, G., Kirschner, P., Stoyanov,
S. & Hoogveld, B. (2010) The Future of Learning: New Ways to Learn New Skills for
Future Jobs, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), JRC, European
Commission (http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/pub.cfm?id=3659)

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Thank you !
‘Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is
to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow. ’
William Pollard
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/static/en/llp/index_en.htm
The Lifelong Learning Programme:
DG Education and Culture:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/index_en.html
The Executive Agency:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu
eacea-info@ec.europa.eu

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